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Thales Alenia Space to supply reaction control subsystem for ExoMars

Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)

Thales Alenia Space-UK are pleased to announce that they have been selected to supply a crucial subsystem, the Reaction Control Subsystem, for the Carrier Modul...

Money troubles may delay Europe-Russia Mars mission

Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)

Part of a joint European-Russian mission to search for signs of life on Mars may be delayed due to cash flow problems, the European Space Agency said Friday. "W...

Opportunity Welcomes Winter Solstice

Jan 14, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on steep, north-facing slopes for improved solar array ener...

A Starburst Spider On Mars

Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)

Mars' seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to vapor) every spring. In the region where...

Rover Rounds Martian Dune to Get to the Other Side

Jan 06, 2016 (JPL)

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's ste...

Boulders on a Martian Landslide

Dec 29, 2015 (SPX)

The striking feature in this image, acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 19...

NASA suspends March launch of InSight mission to Mars

Dec 23, 2015 (AFP)

NASA has suspended the March 2016 launch of its InSight mission to Mars because of problems with a key scientific component, the US space agency said Tuesday. T...

Marshall: Advancing the technology for NASA's Journey to Mars

Dec 23, 2015 (SPX)

From making rocket engines roar to analyzing the first 3-D printed parts created on the space station and developing new technologies, 2015 was a year of discov...

Opportunity positioned on steeper slopes for another Martian winter

Dec 22, 2015 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside "Marathon Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on steep slopes for improved solar array energy production....

Insight shipped to California for March launch to Mars

Dec 21, 2015 (JPL)

NASA's next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for final preparations before a launch scheduled in March 2016 and a landing o...

Martian gullies likely contain 'no water': study

Dec 21, 2015 (AFP)

Months after scientists announced "the strongest evidence yet" of liquid water on Mars, a study Monday said there was none at least in the valleys carved into n...

University researchers test prototype spacesuits at Kennedy

Dec 21, 2015 (SPX)

The spacesuits astronauts will wear while exploring the surface of Mars will protect the person inside, supply air and water, and be flexible enough that astron...

Rocks Rich in Silica Present Puzzles for Mars Rover Team

Dec 18, 2015 (JPL)

In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers. In this case, the scene is a mountain on Mars. The cl...

New Mars rover findings revealed at American Geophysical Union Conference

Dec 18, 2015 (SPX)

New findings by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover are the focus of a press conference this morning at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, C...

Opportunity performs a week of robotic arm at Marathon Valley

Dec 17, 2015 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside "Marathon Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on a steep slope with an approximately 19-degree northerly ...

Study finds evidence for more recent clay formation on Mars

Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)

Recent orbital and rover missions to Mars have turned up ample evidence of clays and other hydrated minerals formed when rocks are altered by the presence of wa...

Curiosity reaches sand dunes

Dec 12, 2015 (JPL)

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has begun an up-close investigation of dark sand dunes up to two stories tall. The dunes are on the rover's trek up the lower portio...

Opportunity on west rim of Endeavour Crater within Marathon Valley

Dec 12, 2015 (JPL)

The rover is positioned on steep, north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. On Sol 4202 (Nov. 19. 2105), the robotic arm was raised so Pan...

NASA's Curiosity rover reaches Martian sand dunes

Dec 11, 2015 (UPI)

NASA's Curiosity rover is continuing its trek up Mount Sharp. Recently, the Mars rover reached a series of sand dunes covering a lower portion of the layered Ma...

Mars Mission Team Addressing Vacuum Leak on Key Science Instrument

Dec 07, 2015 (JPL)

A key science instrument that will be carried aboard NASA's Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft b...